150th Shiloh FEDERAL Paddle Wheeler Adjunct

[LibertyHallVols]

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I was a little distracted when I posted today as I was buying a former whore house on Cinco de Mayo. Yes, you read that correctly. I've been a little over extended lately.

Suddenly, this paddlewheeler stuff seems a lot less interesting. Tell us more about this new project, Matt!

[brown]

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I just wish I could get all of my kids to memorize WHERE the Tennessee River is!

Warren Dickinson

Dang teachers and all their trick questions.

[dixieflyer]

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Dang teachers and all their trick questions.

We're horrible Lindsey, just horrible.

Warren Dickinson

[Strawfoot]

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This thing sounds like a friggin blast. I remember sitting at the Landing one night during Jim Butler's living history a few years back, wondering what it was like for those boys to get off the steamers with all hell breaking loose around them.


Mike Phineas
Bagram AF, Afghanistan

[Jim of The SRR]

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Imagine when Buells men arrived and terrified men actually waded into the water to get ON the steamer to leave. They had to keep them off at point of a bayonet.

Jim Butler

This thing sounds like a friggin blast. I remember sitting at the Landing one night during Jim Butler's living history a few years back, wondering what it was like for those boys to get off the steamers with all hell breaking loose around them.


Mike Phineas
Bagram AF, Afghanistan

[Strawfoot]

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Ah, also Bull Nelson in all his glory... I often wonder how many of them skulkers later went on to become fine soldiers for the Army of the Tennessee.


Mike Phineas
Bagram, Afghanistan

[Matt Woodburn]

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John,

I bought some commercial property as an investment. I'll just run it as office space after my dad is done with it who is going to move to Franklin. Just had alot of irons in the fire when I was typing. Si nce there is interest in this, maybe I need to reopen the field tavern and bring in the working girls like Dennis and I did years ago. Guys seemed to really like that. Stay tuned for great future events, but start telling your pards about the Shiloh paddle wheeler as registration is coming. When it opens this is going to sell out like a rock concert. Tell your pards to be ready.

[Jim of The SRR]

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Mike,

I know an 'Angry Jeff Davis' to deal with him.

Jim Butler

Ah, also Bull Nelson in all his glory... I often wonder how many of them skulkers later went on to become fine soldiers for the Army of the Tennessee.


Mike Phineas
Bagram, Afghanistan

[Hairy Nation Boys]

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Just remember the 15th Iowa was not with Buell or with the Army of the Ohio. They were unattached and were being sent to join up with Prentiss. After Shiloh They then joined up with the famed Crocker Brigade.

[Union Navy]

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Ah, also Bull Nelson in all his glory... I often wonder how many of them skulkers later went on to become fine soldiers for the Army of the Tennessee.

You mean former NAVY OFFICER Bull Nelson?

[Chuck A Luck]

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If I could register now I would.

What Pvt jb said, doubled!

[Brent Brumagin]

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All,

Does any one have access to the following information at the University of Iowa? It seems like there could be some very useful information in these documents for the upcoming event. Here is the listing:

Papers of Charles Cady (15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry). MsC17.

Thank you all for your time and help in this matter.

Brent Brumagin

[Hairy Nation Boys]

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I am going to check out the State Historical Society in Iowa City for any information and Brandon Jolly and I are going to Des Moines in July.

[J. Donaldson]

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The Charles Cady papers deal with life in the regiment at a later period of time than is involved in the impression, beginning in August of 1862. They are available online here.

If you follow the link back to the root, the University has digitized a significant portion of their collections and made them available on line. There are diaries and correspondence sets that cover California troops, the Western Theater of the war, and an unfortunate amount of materials covering the Eastern Theater, including an Iron Brigade diary. I wish the State Historical Society of Iowa would get follow suit, at least to the point to having a decent cataloging effort done of their collections.

[jake.koch]

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I was disappointed to finally get the time to sit down and read the preview of Boyd's Diary on google books only to find out that it cuts off right as Shiloh is heating up. I see you can get a new copy for under $10 on amazon so will probably go that route. There were a couple interesting nuggets in the portion I was able to read. I think alot of them have been mentioned already so will not try to repeat. Did anyone who has glanced at it find it interesting that bands played Dixie for the regiment on multiple occasions? I remember the account of Lincoln asking it to be played near the end of the war claiming somthing to the effect of it "being federal property again." It seems it was not yet taboo for this stage in the war. A couple other things in there, I apologize if they are repeats. Boyd describes the men carrying in his words - "a mule load" - which included 2 blankets, extra clothes, overcoat, and haversack. They recieved brand new Springfields on March 26. He also mentioned that many of the men gave out during their 4-5 mile march through St. Louis to their camp there at Benton Barracks on March 20th, that being their longest march at that point in time. That is just a little over two weeks before Shiloh. It seems these guys were certainly not "campaigners" at this point, but the epitomy of fresh fish all the way around. I apologize again if the info was repetitive, hopefully it is useful for some guys.